Obituary of Haydee Horta Hernandez

Friday, February 25, 2011 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at Funeral Alternatives, Lacey Chapel, 2830 Willamette Drive NE Lacey, Washington 98516 Haydee H. Hernandez Dr. Haydee H. Hernandez, 87, a resident of Olympia for 27 years, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of St. Valentine’s Day (Monday, Feb. 14, 2011). Haydee was born in Matanzas, Cuba and practiced psychology of education for many years for schools in Matanzas. She entered the U.S. as a Cuban political refugee in 1963. Haydee is well known in Olympia, Spokane and Quincy/Ephrata, where, working for DSHS, she found a multitude of good, loving homes for orphaned and neglected children. Later, as her late husband Cesar retired and her children moved to Olympia, Cesar and Haydee followed to Olympia, and she began managing the DSHS Olympia field office of adult protective services until she retired in 1989. Haydee then trained her cocker spaniel, Oliver, to provide canine services for hospital patients. Her loving and caring nature never stopped, even during her long battle with Alzheimer’s, she still tried to take care of others as much as she possibly could. Haydee is survived by her two daughters, Haydee H. Bannon and Maria Victoria H. Peeler, as well as her son in law, David C. Peeler, and her granddaughter Sarah Beth H. Peeler, and Sarah Beth’s fiancé Matt Huot. She is also survived by a multitude of cousins and their children and grandchildren who reside all over the world. A viewing will be held from 4 to 8 pm on Friday, Feb.25 at Funeral Alternatives, 2830 Willamette Dr. S.E., Suite G. A noon funeral mass will be held Saturday, Feb. 26, at St. Michael’s Westside Chapel, 1835 Overhulse Road NW Olympia. Following mass, a car procession will reach Haydee’s interment, next to her husband, Cesar, at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tumwater, 3850 Cleveland Avenue SE, Tumwater, WA 98501. Reception will be held at Funeral Alternatives following interment. Donations may be made to St, Michael’s Parish http://www.saintmichaelparish.org/page.php?id=24 or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America http://www.alzfdn.org/